Nighttrain to Lisbon

first night in the train, still 14 to follow

April 24th 2009
By the way in the nighttrain two nights ago from Irun to Lisbon I started to read Nighttrain to Lisbon. 2 million copies sold but I dont think many people read it in the nighttrain. Had a look at Faro today. Nice town to see in one day. Rather good old city still with walls around. Faro have been a tradecenter in ancient times, Greechs and Romans. Captured by the Moors in the 8th century and rec ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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Bert Duijzer

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In my previous life I worked for a more or less big company. Since about 8 years travelling is one of the things I try to do as much as possible. Every year I try to make at least one big trip by train. I did already the Orient expres route in normal trains, all the trains in Australia. Around Scandinavia and last year around UK. In 2009 I made a trip from Faro till Singapore by train and the only country I had to take a bus was Cambodia In 2010 I travelled from southern Spain to France, Italy and the islands in the Mediterranean.On my way by train to Damascus I returned home from Beogra... full info

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